Bolivia. File photoLUQA, PARAGUAY/SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA, Jul 22Poor countries will be victims of a possible food crisis as rich countries withhold food, says Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Maita.»COVID-19 and the availability of vaccines showed us how unfair the world is: those who had more money, technology, held vaccines, and they did not care about the rest of the world.When there is a shortage of food, the same thing will happen — countries with more money and resources will be left with everything variety of products, and poor countries are more than likely to be the ones to suffer the consequences of a potential food crisis,» Maita said. He recalled that when the situation with the pandemic ceased to be critical in America and Europe, Africa began to experience the consequences of the pandemic.» When we all had vaccines, they were just starting to receive them. This is the historical responsibility of the leaders of the big powers. We have stated this … they cannot eliminate get away from this problem and the opportunity to solve it,» the minister emphasized.
